Sarah tells us what she was listening to when she wasn’t listening to Let England Shake. She also takes time to make fun of Brandon for heeding Justin Vernon’s advice. Seriously, though – dude wrote “Skinny Love.” Maybe we should listen. (Just not to Bonnie Raitt, please.)
Kate Bush just released her tenth studio album and first in six years, 50 Words for Snow. So are we covering it? Hell no! That would be too easy. Instead, we’re going back into the crate to dust off our copy of her seminal, groundbreaking masterpiece Hounds of Love. And man does that sucker hold … Continue reading
Sarah was procrastinating her post by having drinks at The Toasted Oak in Novi, MI, so Brandon called the joint and had them play some Kate Bush because there’s nothing Brandon likes more than a little passive-aggressive omniscient motivation. Also, Sarah now understands the power and genius of “The Ninth Wave” side of Bush’s Hounds … Continue reading
Brandon takes us through Hounds of Love’s B-side, “The Ninth Wave” and comes out the other side with an even deeper appreciation for the album as a whole, which plays like a fully realized horror film, something Jean Cocteau or David Lynch would have been proud to have made.
So Sarah takes a stab at the double-platinum Hounds of Love, one of the most important, highly regarded albums in the history of pop music and goes, “meh.” That’s not totally fair. Brandon is a little overly excited and his enthusiasm is tough to match. Sarah does throw together a list of contemporary male artists … Continue reading
This week, Kate Bush is releasing her tenth studio album and first in six years, 50 Words for Snow. So are we covering it? Hell no! That would be too easy. Instead, we’re going back into the crate to dust off our copy of her seminal, groundbreaking masterpiece Hounds of Love. And man does that … Continue reading